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Jul 9, 2015 · Ghosts of Time: 39 Incredible’ then & now’ pictures of WWII. Haunting images take you on a trip of time travel, combining historical photographs with their modern-day settings. You can follow Adam Surreys work on Facebook: Ghosts of Time.
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Sep 3, 2020 · Unforgettable images from the Second World War on the 75th anniversary of its end. Children of an eastern suburb of London made homeless during the Battle of Britain, September 1940. U.S....
Oct 15, 2014 · Photos that were contributed with stories in this category. < Previous page | You are on page 1 of 40 | Next page >. HMS Bruiser's Mediterranean Commission 1943 - 1945. Recollections of World...
- 'Miracle of Dunkirk'
- Pearl Harbor
- Women in The Workforce
- Tuskegee Airmen
- The Warsaw Ghettos
- Human Remains at Majdanek
- 'Taxis to Hell- and Back- Into The Jaws of Death'
- Soviet Liberation of Auschwitz
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Copycat Images of Iwo Jima
After German soldiers swept through Belgium and Northern France in a blitzkrieg in May of 1940, all communication and transport between Allied forces were cut, leaving thousands of troops stranded. Operation Dynamo was quickly put in place to evacuate the Allies stuck along the beaches of Dunkirk, France. Soldiers waded through the water hoping to ...
On December 7, 1941, the U.S. naval base Pearl Harborwas the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces. Japanese fighter planes destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans (including civilians) died in the attack, with another 1,000 Americans wounded. Thi...
With the United States now involved in the war, men were joining the fight by the millions. Women stepped in to fill the empty civilian and military jobs once only seen as jobs for men. They replaced men in assembly lines, factories and defense plants, leading to iconic images likeRosie the Riveter that inspired strength, patriotism and liberation ...
This photograph, taken in 1942 by Life Magazine photographer Gabriel Benzur, shows Cadets in training for the U.S. Army Air Corps, who would later become the famous Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military aviators and helped encourage the eventual integration of the U.S. armed forces. With racial segregation still remaini...
After Hitler’s invasion of Poland, more than 400,000 Jewish Poles were confined within a square mile of the capital city, Warsaw. By the end of 1940, the ghetto was sealed off by brick walls, barbed wire and armed guards as other Nazi-occupied Jewish ghettos sprung up throughout Eastern Europe. In April 1943, residents of the Warsaw ghetto staged a...
The photographs that emerged from the Nazi-led concentration camps are among some of the most horrifying ever produced, let alone during World War II. The images remain clear in one’s mind, families being captured and separated, emaciated bodies in barracks. This 1944 photograph shows a pile of remaining bones at the Nazi concentration camp of Majd...
This photograph titled “Taxis to Hell- and Back- Into the Jaws of Death” was taken on June 6, 1944, during Operation Overlord by Robert F. Sargent, United States Coast Guard chief petty officer and “photographer’s mate.” The photograph was originally captioned, “American invaders spring from the ramp of a Coast Guard-manned landing barge to wade th...
On January 27, 1945, the Soviet army entered Auschwitzand found approximately 7,600 Jewish detainees who had been left behind. Here, a doctor of the 322nd Rifle Division of the Red Army helps take survivors out of Auschwitz. They stand at the entrance, where its iconic sign reads “Arbeit Mecht Frei,” (“Work Brings Freedom”). The Soviet Army also di...
This Pulitzer Prize-winning photo has become synonymous with American victory. Taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, it is one of the most reproduced, and copied, photographs in history. During the battle, marines took an American flag to the highest pointon the island: Mount Suribachi. U.S. Marine phot...
The Battle of Iwo Jima image was so powerful in its time that it even caused copycats to stage similar images. This photograph was taken on April 30, 1945, during the Battle of Berlin. Soviet soldiers took their flag in victory and raised it over the rooftops of the bombed-out Reichstag. The photograph was also manipulated. The photographer conceal...
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Aug 23, 2016 · World War II Photos. This is a representative sampling of photographs from World War II that can be found in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration. For more information on materials from World War II visit our World War II Records page.
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Mar 8, 2023 · Let’s take a journey through some of the most iconic photos of World War II. Watching for German air raids during an Arsenal vs Carlton Athletic match, 1940. German soldiers march past the French WWI victory monument during the Fall of France, 1940. Churchill inspects a Tommy Gun, Hartlepool, 1940.
